Are left-handers demon ridden?

Nope, just sinister,

Read this in Phuket Gazette.

What crass wastage of peoples time.........

I realise this is LoS, but who promotes smiles.

Importing a motorbike for personal use

I want to import my 150cc motorbike from my home country. What documents are required and what department do I need to contact? What are the steps I need to take?

Andy Friday, December 23, 2011 9:29:40 AM

“A person may import into Thailand one motorbike for personal use.

To import a motorbike into Thailand solely for personal use you must meet the following criteria:

- If you are a foreigner, you must have been living in Thailand for more than one year with either a B or O Non-Immigrant Visa.

- You must have owned the motorbike for more than one year and six months in your home country. This is determined by the registered date of ownership and the date of its arrival in Thailand.

- You must have had a drivers license in your home country for the entire period that you were using the motorbike.

You must have the following documents prepared:

- Original passport and photocopy of every page with your verified signature.

- Original ownership documents for the motorbike and a photocopy with your verified signature.

- If you are working in Thailand, you must have your work permit and a photocopy of every page with your verified signature.

- If you have a retirement visa, you must have documents issued from your home country that verifies your income.

- A lease agreement or a document that verifies your address in Thailand.

- If you are married to a Thai person, you must prepare your spouse’s identification card and his/her house registration. You must have copies of these documents with verified signatures.

- A bank guarantee statement, which is less than three months old.

- photos of every view of the motorbike

- photos of you and the motorbike

Please come and visit us in person, as you will have to fill out the application form, which cannot be downloaded from our website.

After you have submitted the proper documents to us, please do not ship your motorbike to Thailand, because we cannot estimate how long it will take to process your request. We only have a few officers who take care of this process and submit the request to the Ministry of Commerce. If the motorbike arrives before your request has been approved you will have to pay a parking fee starting on the day if its arrival in Thailand.

You can call us at 02-5474771 x 8644, visit our website dft.go.th/en

or visit our office at

100 Nonthaburi 1, Bangkasor, Muang, Nonthaburi 11000.” Friday, December 23, 2011 9:29:40 AM Ministry of Commerce, Department of Foreign Trade officer.

I put my dad's car in a container in Melbourne, a week later it was registered and on the road in Auckland.

I am not a foreigner, but......

Many Ockors bring their cars to NZ, no probs.

None of all the above crap.

With all the above garbage, trouble, obvious protectionism in my eyes, buy one in Thailand, sheeeesh.

Bureaucracy gone mad. But probably worth it for someone who owns a big bike in their home country - big bikes are not cheap here. But certainly, the bloke with a 150cc bike would be crazy to go through that rigmarole (small bikes are no money at all here).

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy

Please, make the monsters go away....

Please, make the monsters go away....

Just hold a Monster Sale,

Myers & Target do.

Please, make the monsters go away....

Just hold a Monster Sale,

Myers & Target do.

Or just put some clothes on.

Edit: Have you got those dodgy breast implants Zzaa?

I consider that a breach of anonymity

SC

I consider that a breach of anonymity

SC

I thought you'd like that, Cowboy.

I consider that a breach of anonymity

SC

I thought you'd like that, Cowboy.

Shame you couldn't get it up last night - I mean the post - when it was more relevant...

SC

Two men arrested over 'pie rage' in New Zealand

TWO men in New Zealand were arrested following a bout of "pie rage" that saw the pair ram their car into a shop, steal food and lead police on a chase ... all because they were refused a free pie.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/two-men-arrested-over-pie-rage-in-new-zealand/story-e6frea73-1226246450764

Reality is stranger than fiction, because fiction needs to make sense.

-Rod Michado

Panic stations.

Reckon I would just sit and be resigned to my fate.............

Passengers on a British Airways jet suffered a frightful shock when a message broadcast in error told them to prepare for an emergency water landing.

Panicked travellers aboard the Miami-to-London flight braced for the worst until a flight attendant reassured them the recorded crash message was a mistake.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9016615/Passengers-feared-death-after-cabin-crew-accidentally-issued-emergency-landing-message.html

What's that smell ?

Where babies come from in Germany.

......and how it happened.

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/babies/index.htm

Very unPC...... serious, but funny for some

I see that Pete has passed the 5,000 posts mark. I was reading an old post of his from 2009 where he was talking about approaching the 6,000 posts mark, so he has quite some catching up to do. My next post will be by 5,000th for the second time - last time being two or three years ago. For anyone who has only been a BM for under two or three years, this will not seem to make a lot of sense. In a nutshell, the rules were changed so that posts to the jokes and word games SF would not count towards a person's post count. This was because it was believed that people were using this method to quickly get their count up so that they could access Bedlam or have an impressive tally. Some people lost more than half of their post counts.

Well I'm sure that some wondered if it had really been worth while when they final achieved the Bedlam goal.

I see that Pete has passed the 5,000 posts mark. I was reading an old post of his from 2009 where he was talking about approaching the 6,000 posts mark, so he has quite some catching up to do. My next post will be by 5,000th for the second time - last time being two or three years ago. For anyone who has only been a BM for under two or three years, this will not seem to make a lot of sense. In a nutshell, the rules were changed so that posts to the jokes and word games SF would not count towards a person's post count. This was because it was believed that people were using this method to quickly get their count up so that they could access Bedlam or have an impressive tally. Some people lost more than half of their post counts.

Thanks Ping, I was watching it get close......and missed it.

Never mind,

5015 NEW posts...... he he

8,357 (4.69 per day)Active Posts = Old posts included.

Ruffly 1,000 per year since joining...... feels good...... lol

I wondered if we should resurrect this thread, start again or just forget it ?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/138779-the-ultimate-dinner-party/page__hl__restaurant%20at%20the%20end

Any ideas ?

P.S. Anyone seen Crow Boy around ?

I see that he (CB) hasn't posted in over a year and is now an honorary member. However, I seem to recall that he once went missing for quite a while before and then when he ultimately returned, he was re-modded. Perhaps it's something to do with his work? As to the thread, I don't recall it, but I'm always happy to play...

228 pages...from 2007....

Oh my life..what happened.......

228 pages...from 2007....

Oh my life..what happened.......

You got a boy friend and missed it.

I wondered if we should resurrect this thread, start again or just forget it ?

http://www.thaivisa....0at%20the%20end

Any ideas ?

P.S. Anyone seen Crow Boy around ?

There's a few missing from that thread, some voluntarily, some not.

E: Deleted - posted in wrong thread

Wife texts husband on a cold winters morning:

"Windows frozen."

Husband texts back:

"pour some luke warm water over it."

Wife texts back:

"computer completely knackered now."

^Adds new meaning to BSoD (the blue screen of death)...

Poetry anyone ?

The Penis Poem by Willie Nelson

My nookie days are over,

My pilot light is out.

What used to be my s*x appeal,

Is now my water spout.

Time was when, on its own accord,

From my trousers it would spring.

But now I've got a full time job,

To find the f***in' thing.

It used to be embarrassing,

The way it would behave.

For every single morning,

It would stand and watch me shave.

Now as old age approaches,

It sure gives me the blues.

To see it hang its little head,

And watch me tie my shoes.

555 Thanks for the poem Ken.

Here's a thing. I notice that the pinned 'Welcome One and All' thread has a 'Hot' (thread) tag beside it, yet the last post in it was nearly two years ago. How does that work? And while we are at it, why do so many of us have only one star for reputation (which, to my mind, suggests we are virtually undesirables) when we only have green reps and no reds?

There is a blind girl on our street,

Her name is little Nell,

Can she see the stars above

Can she f***ing hell

There is a sailor on our street

He works on board a lugger

He isn't fit to shovel shit

The dirty rotten bugger

One day he slept with little Nell

He knew it wasn't lawful

His breath was like a sewage farm

His feet were f***ing awful.

And now he's gone across the sea

Nell writes and sends him parcels

She thinks he will return one day

Will he F***ing <deleted>